AAP Anxiety and Depression ECHO: In partnership with the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health (NTTAC), the AAP has launched the AAP Anxiety and Depression ECHO. This ECHO serves as a forum for healthcare providers to increase their capacity to address anxiety and depression in the primary care setting. This ECHO concludes in early February. Contact Lisa Brock, Program Manager, at lbrock@aap.org for additional details.
AAP Early Childhood Mental Health ECHO: Provides an opportunity pediatric primary care providers to increase their knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy to integrate early childhood mental health care, into primary care in their practice. There will be an emphasis on children 0- 3 years of age, with a goal to increase screening and referral for early childhood mental health care into primary care. This ECHO concludes in June. Contact Lisa Brock, Program Manager at lbrock@aap.org for additional details.
AAP Health Care Transition from Pediatric to Adult-focused Care for Youth with Spina Bifida ECHO ( AAP Spina Bifida Transitions ECHO): serves as a forum for pediatricians, pediatric specialists, and others that provide medical care to children with spina bifida to increase knowledge, skills and self-efficacy regarding effective strategies and best practices in promoting successful transitional care services and transitional care programs. This ECHO concludes in May. Contact Lisa Brock, Program Manager, at lbrock@aap.org for additional details.
AAP Infection Prevention and Control Spokesperson ECHO: This ECHO serves as a forum for AAP members to improve knowledge, skills, and confidence around media interviewing, talking to communities, and engaging on social media, as it relates to pediatric-focused content, specifically, infection prevention and control. This ECHO will run from March to May. Contact Alexis Katzenbach, Program Manager, at akatzenbach@aap.org for additional details.
Disaster Management Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) ECHO: A 3-month learning collaborative aimed to enhance knowledge of strategies to consider the specific needs of CYSHCN in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. This ECHO will start in late February and conclude in May. Contact Kristin Conrad, Program Manager, at kconrad@aap.org for additional details.